Institute for International and Comparative Public Law

News and Events

  • Guest lecture on May 6 as part of the lecture Comparative Constitutionalism (Prof. Hailbronner) by Prof. Blake Emerson, UCLA: “Current Developments in the United States”.

  • On May 2-3, 2025, the Institute for International and Comparative Public Law hosted the 2nd International Works-in-Progress Workshop with participants from all over the world, organized by James Fowkes, Michaela Hailbronner and Niels Petersen. Participants were given the opportunity to present their own new research at draft stage and discuss it with the other participants and audience members from the University of Münster. The conference program can be found here.

  • Cancelled! - On April 15, 2025, at 6:15 p.m., Prof. Thomas Hochmann (Professor of Public Law at Université Paris Nanterre) will give a lecture about “Laïcité as a Limit to State Authority of Expression” in the Karl-Bender Hall (JUR 322), Universitätsstr. 14-16, 48143 Münster. Registration is not required.

Upcoming Events

On May 12, two guest researchers from our partner university Dicle Üniversitesi will give guest lectures. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk Demir will speak on "Mandatory mediation in Turkish law" and Dr. Derya Buluttekin on "Arbitration in Turkish law".

Institute Meetings (Summer Semester 2025)

Upcoming meetings:

Past meetings:

  • April 29th (from 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.)